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City of Dust

Book Description

In City of Dust, Anthony DePalma
offers the first full accounting of one of the gravest
environmental catastrophes in United States history. The
destruction on 9/11 of two of the world's largest buildings
unleashed a vortex of dust and ash that blotted out the sun and has
distorted science, medicine and public policy ever since. The
likely dangers of 9/11's massive dust cloud were evident from the
beginning, yet thousands chose not to see. Why? As the sickening
results of exposure became evident, many still refused to recognize
them. Why? The consequences are still being tallied in the wasted
bodies and disrupted lives of thousands who gave their all when the
need was greatest, but whose demands for justice have been consumed
by years of politics and courtroom maneuvers. Why?, separating
reality from myth - and doing so with exceptional literary style
and grace. DePalma covered Ground Zero for The New York Times for
four years. DePalma introduces heroic firefighters, dedicated
doctors and scientists, obsessive city officials, partisan
politicians, aggressive lawyers, and compassionate judges and
reveals the individual decisions that destroyed public trust, and
the desperate attempts made to rebuild it. The dust that was the
World Trade Center has changed everything it touched. This is the
story of that dust, the 9/11 disaster after the disaster, and what
it tells us about ourselves and our future.